Sen. Ted Cruz Swings At Cleveland Baseball Team Name-Change, Spectacularly Misses

Lee Moran

July 24, 2021, 3:17 PM·2 min read

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined the right-wing freakout over the Cleveland baseball team’s decision to change its name from the Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Guardians from the 2021 season, and Twitter called foul.

The Texas Republican responded to Friday’s announcement with this post:

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Critics went to bat for the team:

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This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.

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